Resources

Gulf of Maine Links

Links to Government Agency Partners in the Gulf of Maine Council

Canadian Federal Government

• Environment Canada - Environment Conservation Branch
• Environment Canada - Atlantic Region
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans

Canadian Provincial Government

New Brunswick

• Environment and Local Government
• Agriculture, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

Nova Scotia

• Department of Agriculture and Fisheries
• Environment and Labour

United States Federal Government

• Environmental Protection Agency - Region 1
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Information Network
  • New England District
  • Waterways Experiment Station
• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
• National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
  • Coastal Services Center
  • National Marine Fisheries Service

U.S. State Government

Maine

• Department of Marine Resources
• State Planning Office

Massachusetts

• Coastal Zone Management

New Hampshire

• Department of Environmental Service
• Office of State Planning

On-Line Resources

• Tidal Crossing Handbook: A Volunteer Guide to Assessing Tidal Restrictions
• Atlantic Coastal Zone Steering Committee Guide to Coastal Information in Atlantic Canada
• Regional Association for Research on the Gulf of Maine (RARGOM)
• Numerical Methods Laboratory, Environmental Program
• The Future of Scallop Enhancement Progress Report
• Characterization and Mitigation of Marine Debris in the Gulf of Maine
• Center for Marine Biodiversity reports
• Electronic Atlas - Map your Own Data (Atlantic Canada only)
• The State of the Nation's Ecosystems, Chapter 5, Coastal and Ocean Indicators
• Georgia Basin-Puget Sound Ecosystem Indicators Report

On-Line Data

• The Coastal Change Analysis Program
• NOAA Coastwatch Northeast Node
• Modeling in the Gulf of Maine
• Gulf of Maine Land-Based Pollution Sources Inventory
• The Fisheries Statistics and Economics Divisions

Web Links to Other Regional Organizations

• Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
• Atlantic Coastal Action Program (ACAP)
• Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee (ACZISC)
• Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (BoFEP)
• Bay of Fundy Marine Resource Centre
• Chewonki Foundation
• Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers
• Conservation Law Foundation (CLF)
• Global Programme of Action Coalition (GPAC)
• Gulf of Maine Aquarium
• Gulf of Maine Information Exchange (GOMINFOEX)
• Gulf of Maine Marine Education Association
• Gulf of Maine Ocean Observing System (GoMOOS)
• Island Institute
• Marine Environmental Research Institute (MERI)
• North American Commission for Environmental Cooperation